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21 BLAMED FOR CONFINING TEACHERS

Duta gives 72-hr deadline to punish students

DU CORRESPONDENT
Dhaka University Teachers Association (Duta) has given the DU authorities a 72-hour ultimatum to deal out punishment to the students responsible for confining teachers in the TV room of Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall for about 14 hours on July 17.
The association made the demand at an emergency general meeting on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, the teachers, who have resigned from the posts of provost and house tutors of the hall, in a press conference yesterday disclosed names of 21 female students that they claimed were behind the July 17 incident. They demanded stern actions against the students for being very rude with the teachers.
They burst into tears while nar-rating their July 17 experience at the press conference arranged at the Duta office. They described what they went through as terrible and humiliating.
"We had to stay at the TV room without lights, fans, food and water for 14 long hours," one of the house tutors said.
Prof Nasrin Ahmad, who has resigned from the post of provost, said, "There must be a conspiracy and someone must have instigated the students against me for political reasons. It's true that the students were demonstrating for 13-point demand, but they were never seeking my resignation. I wonder what happened on July 17 that all of a sudden they began to clamour for my resignation."
Duta President Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique too said that there must be
someone who had incited the students to force the provost resign.
Duta General Secretary Prof Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman, Dr Shamima Nasrin Shahed, and other house tutors of the hall were present at the press conference.
DUTA MEETING
Presided over by the Duta president, the Thursday night's meeting threatened to go for tougher programmes if their demand is not met immediately. Deploring the students' 'unruly behaviour', the Duta urged the authorities to reinstate the teachers in their earlier positions. They also demanded proper investigation into the incident.
Besides, the meeting asked the
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authorities to take initiative to inform the students' guardians of the incident.
STUDENTS' POSITION
Some students of the hall told The Daily Star that no one had instigated them and their demonstrations had not been politically motivated either. They said they plan to sit down with the university authorities soon to explain their position.
"I call on the authorities to listen to both the teachers and the students before coming to a conclusion in this regard," said one of the students preferring anonymity. She also claimed that the list of 21 students given by the house tutors was made on the basis of previous enmity between the teachers and the listed students.
Bangladesh Chhatra Union yesterday in a statement urged the DU authorities to meet the students' demands immediately.